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Last Updated on Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:16 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:16
Democrats distancing themselves from themselves.
From syracuse.com:
State Sen. David Valesky, Central New York’s top Senate Democrat, and three other Democratic senators, announced today they are leaving the Senate Democratic Conference and forming a third legislative conference.
The four senators – Valesky, Jeffrey Klein, D-Bronx, Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, and David Carlucci, D-Clarkstown – will caucus together as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).
The surprise move this morning lets the four senators flex some independence from the Democratic leadership. But it doesn’t change the balance of power in the Senate, where the Republicans have a 32-30 majority. Democrats lost their 32-30 edge in the November elections.
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